Is Amorim’s Manchester United Era Fading? A Closer Look at One Year of Turmoil

The Amorim Era at United: Downward Spiral or Restart Button?

Manchester United’s trajectory has worsened with each passing day, despite a revolving door of coaches. The club’s narrative over the past year reads like a perpetual struggle, with results swinging from bad to worse as seasons go by.

Data, Signings, and the Reality Check

In October 2024, billionaire Jim Ratcliffe’s board dismissed Erik ten Hag and installed Ruben Amorim, but the first year suggested the same troubling pattern. The campaign began with three home defeats at Old Trafford—against Tottenham, Liverpool, and West Ham—a stark reminder that the rebuilding would not be straightforward.

Under Amorim, results remained inconsistent. The Daily Mail reported that United had just 10 league wins in 34 Premier League games under him, and interestingly, half of those came against teams promoted from the lower divisions. Even more telling was the absence of consecutive league victories over a full year, painting a picture of a club stuck in a loop.

Fans hoped the new signings—Benjamin Sesko, Matheus Cunha, Bryan Mbeumo, and a goalkeeper—would lift the team, but Opta’s figures showed United earning four points fewer than the same period last season. In seven games last season, United had 14 points under Ten Hag, while Amorim’s side collected just 10.

Notable Wins, and Persistent Gaps

Amorim’s early promise was highlighted by a 4-0 win over Everton in December 2024, a match where the attack looked cohesive and threatening—the kind of performance fans hoped would become the norm. A 2-1 derby victory over Manchester City at the Etihad followed, signaling a potential revival of United’s swagger.

Early 2025 brought a deserved 3-1 win over Southampton and a hard-fought 1-0 away win against Fulham. February saw a dramatic 3-2 triumph over Ipswich Town, and March produced a convincing 3-0 victory at home against Leicester City. The previous season closed with a 2-0 win over Aston Villa in May. In the 2025-26 campaign, the opening fixtures yielded wins over Burnley (3-2) and Chelsea (2-1), followed by a 2-0 win at Sunderland, keeping Amorim briefly afloat as United sat around mid-table—around 10th with 10 points (3 wins and a draw, plus 3 losses).

In a column that summed up the mood, former United star Paul Scholes warned that the sack could be looming. “With Amorim, we’ve reached a point where we stop talking about sacking every coach,” Scholes said. “Man United usually gives managers time, but here it feels like time has run out.” He added that the crowd would not cheer against him, but after the Brentford defeat it seemed he’d been granted more time than deserved and that the end could be near. Scholes also cautioned about the next challenge, a trip to Anfield on 19 October, calling the upcoming match “a test” that could prove telling about the team’s direction.

Scholes argued that United are in a genuine downward spiral; the current squad looks short on confidence and consistency. “Man United is in a real downward spiral, and I can’t remember the last time they won a big or important game,” he observed. The question then becomes, who would take the wheel if Amorim is dismissed? The pool of potential successors is crowded, but many top coaches would think twice about stepping into a club that has promised the world and delivered little since 2017.

Punchline time: If football were a sniper, United’s season would still be firing blanks. And if the transfer window were a target, the club seems to be shooting in the dark—quietly, with a big crosshair on the wall where hope used to hang.